Bad Brains’ H.R. Recovering After Brain Surgery

“Thank you for your many, many prayers! Surgery went well and he looks good.”—H.R.’s wife and caregiver Lori Carns Hudson

Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic/WireImage

Bad Brains vocalist Paul “H.R.” Hudson is currently recovering after brain surgery. He underwent the procedure today to cope with the neurological condition SUNCT, which causes severe headaches. Hudson’s wife and caregiver Lori Carns Hudson wrote on Facebook, “Thank you for your many, many prayers! Surgery went well and he looks good. Now the recovery begins.” She added, “We certainly have cause for celebration. However, it may take some time to see if H.R.’s surgery was successful in relieving the headaches.” She shared the news on a page dedicated to well-wishes for Hudson. Find more updates here.

In 2016, a GoFundMe page was launched to help raise money for Hudson’s treatments. On the page, Carns Hudson explained some of her husband’s symptoms, including “headaches [that] come randomly, with no warning, at all hours of the day and night.” At the time, she said he had been taking “a cocktail pharmaceuticals,” as well as holistic substances, to deal with the pain.